Dear Daisy,
I'm a foreign gay man with an uncircumcised penis. In my country, being uncut is the norm, so it was not strange for me to have contact with other penis like mine. Yes, all of them had a characteristic smell, but it was part of the natural odor that comes with your own skin and, in fact, it was very arousing. When I started having sex with Americans, I felt the opposite of what those guys complain: I missed the "dick smell." Most of them smell like either soap or plain normal skin.

I'm not saying that's a problem, I'm just raising the question: Is the uncut penis really stinky (urine, smegma, or any infection) or is it just a perfectly normal "dick smell" that feels bad to his senses because he is not used to it?

Thanks, FGM

Dear FGM,
The "dick smell" of an uncut, or uncircumcised, penis is produced by sweat or smegma. Smegma is a cheesy secretion from under the foreskin that acts as a natural lube. Some people do not like the distinctive smell smegma produces, whereas others find it agreeable and even arousing. Besides personal preferences, ones like or dislike of smells, scents, and aromas can also be culturally related.

Regardless of your penis's particular perfume, pulling back the foreskin and washing away excess smegma is important for hygiene. If smegma gathers without being washed away, it can turn to glue, preventing the foreskin from easily moving back and forth along the head of the penis. When you wash your penis, be sure to rinse away all of the soap underneath the foreskin; soap left there could help cause an inflammation.

Uncircumcised penises are also cleaned out every time a man pees. If odor from leftover urine is a concern, wiping the head of the penis after urinating can help reduce it.

However, if what you're sniffing is more of an unpleasant rather than natural dick smell, then it's possible that there is an infection, such as yeast. But a yeast infection (similar to what women get) would be accompanied with redness and abnormal pus. To prevent infection, uncircumcised men need to retract their foreskin and wash with soap and water every day. If the foreskin can't be pulled back, or if it's uncomfortable or painful, see a health care provider or urologist.

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Dear Daisy,
Why do trucks with set-back axles seem to have more tire wear issues than trucks with set-forward axles?
Signed,
Bucktown Butch

Dear Butch,
The majority of set-back axle trucks are seen in regional haul applications in order to take advantage of the sharper turn angle enabled by this design. The disadvantage to this design is that more weight is located in front of the axle which increases both the lateral and drag forces transferred to the tire. All of which contribute to accelerated wear relative to a standard axle placement.

Another reason could be that regional service trucks tend to experience more scrubbing/curbing than a typical line haul service which increases wear issues if the proper tire is not specified for the application. I hope this is what you were looking for, it's not as fun as smegma but it will do.

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Dear Daisy,
I am a 38 year old male with no arms, how can I masturbate?
Signed,
Topper

Dear Topper,
Do you folks think I'm some kind of silly boob; that I lack any ability to determine the sincerity of a question?

For the edification of those with diminished mental capacity and/or judgment, over the years my faithful minions here in the research labs at Daisyland Laboratories, we have developed a device to measure the veracity of a question. In this case, our fictitiousometer, as we like to call it, labeled this armless masturbation question "highly suspect" for the following reasons:

1. Men don't solicit advice on masturbation.
2. An amputee is unlikely to use a public forum to raise such a question.
3. A 38 year old male's interest in masturbation-- armless or not-- is probably not compelling enough to warrant such a question.

Besides, aren't there enough masturbation related web sites out there to satisfy everyone's onanistic curiosity? Start working that mouth stick of yours and get to searching the web, man! (Don't get me wrong. I have nothing against amputees and certainly nothing against masturbation but your question has dredged up many powerful memories of the years I spent working as a comfort girl in the trauma ward of a hospital during the war. The thought still makes my head swim.)